Pattaya is modernising: cables go underground, new drainage and renovated waterfronts

Pattaya today and Pattaya ten years ago are different cities. The authorities are steadily improving infrastructure: removing overhead wires from the streets, building new storm drainage, and renovating waterfronts and roads.

Cables go underground

The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) is moving overhead power and communication lines underground. According to local media, the programme covers nine routes with a total length of about 20 kilometres. Completed sections include North Road, Central Road and Walking Street. The next stages involve Sukhumvit and Second Road. Work is also under way along the road beside the railway.

Underground cables make streets cleaner and safer and reduce the risk of lines coming down in a storm.

Storm drainage

On Beach Road (the waterfront, about 2.9 kilometres), new drainage pipes, manholes and drain grates are being laid. This reduces flooding in the rainy season, especially on the southern part of the waterfront and near Walking Street.

Jomtien waterfront

The reconstruction of Jomtien Beach Road includes laying electrical cables underground along the beach for more than four kilometres, new high-mast lighting and a redesign of the traffic lanes. A drainage system is being built for this stretch of coast at the same time.

What this means for residents and buyers

• Less flooding of roads and basements in the rainy season.
• Cleaner and safer streets without bundles of wires; higher value for areas near the waterfronts.
• Temporary inconvenience: road works, diversions, noise. It usually ends once a section is finished.

More about other changes in the city: roads and transport, what is planned through 2031, Pattaya districts.

*Sources: Pattaya Mail, City Hall and PEA materials.*

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